YESTERDAY WE GOT UP TO 80.
TODAY SUNNY AND 82. HUMID...DEWPOINT 68 RIGHT NOW.
TOMORROW, 81 AND CLOUDY.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 81 EACH DAY WITH NO RAIN.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY APPROVED A LOAN
TO HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY REVOLVING
LOAN FUND, FOR $56,000 TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING THEY ARE
CURRENTLY IN ON WEST PLATT STREET. THE BUILDING WAS THE
DR. SWIFT BUILDING AND IN PAST YEARS, THE HOME OF MEDICAL ASSOCIATES. THE LOAN AT 1% INTEREST IS FOR 5 YEARS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, HOSPICE SCRAPPED THE IDEA OF BUILDING THEIR OWN BUILDING
ON LAND THEY OWNED NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL. THEY DID THIS BECAUSE
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOSPICE HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY CUT AND
THE COST OF A NEW BUILDING HAS GONE WAY HIGHER THAT THE
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. THIS IS A GOOD MOVE BY HOSPICE TO BUY
THE BUILDING THEY ARE IN.
ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOTTER:
A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT AT 1 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 62,
THE ROAD TO BELLEVUE.
A SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT AT WALMART MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AND VANDALISM ON N. NIAGARA STREET MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOMEONE THREW A ROCK THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A RESIDENCE.
AN AMERICAN RED CROSS VOLUNTEER FROM MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A SPECIAL AWARD LAST WEEK. RACHEL PARMER, DAUGHTER OF HOLLY AND JACK PARMER OF MAQUOKETA WAS PRESENTED THE BOB TAYLOR DISASTER SERVICES AWARD FOR HER VOLUNTEER WORK. SHE GOT THE AWARD LAST WEEK AT A DINNER IN DEWITT. SHE HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR 4 YEARS AND HAS BEEN A LOCAL DISASTER RESPONDER AND HAS ALSO WORKED IN THE AREA OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. SHE IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
AT THE STATE GIRL'S TRACK MEET LAST WEEK IN DES MOINES,
MAQUOKETA FINISHED WITH A TOTAL OF 8 POINTS.
IN THE SHUTTLE HIRDLE RELAY, THE CARDINAL TEAM FINISHED 6TH AND EARNED 3 POINTS THE TEAM CONSISTED OF JANEY SAUNDERS, HAILY
SCHWENKER, SHELBY PETTYJOHN AND AUBREY TAYLOR. THE OTHER 5 POINTS WERE SCORED BY HAILEY SCHEWENKER WHEN SHE FINISHED 4TH IN THE 400 HURDLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LAST YEAR, MAQUOKETA GOT TWO BIG KWIK STAR CONVENIENCE STORES, ON WEST PLATT AND ON SOUTH MAIN.
NOW ONE IS BEING BUILDT ON 11TH STREET (OLD HIGHWAY 30) IN
DEWITT.
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
